first of all musicfan17, neil young is bloody amazing. im from britain, and i can tell you, he is very underated here, it amazes me how many people here have never even heard of him, never mind heard his music. There is no doubt that neil young is one of the most talented musicians ever produced. His ability to produce music of all styles with deeply personal, skilful lyrics is nothing short of genius. He is up there with Bob Dylan and The Beatles in my opinion.
I'm not from the south and I'm not an expert on history. But what I do know is that the way blacks were treated in America, particularly in the south, was appalling. I understand your point about whites having black friends, I'm sure Martin Luther King had white friends but it was still the case that they had to go to separate schools, they still had to use separate bars, they still had to give up seats on buses for whites. There is no excuse for that behaviour. One of the reasons people fled to America when it was first founded was that they were being persecuted in their own lands, mainly Europe. America was supposed to be the land of the free, a haven for people of all colours. Yet, the very same country was (some may argue still is) guilty of persecuting blacks.
musicfan - a poor choice of name since you cannot be a true music fan if your so bitterly opposed to the beauty of neil young's music - your statement was quite ironic. You tried to make a reasoned argument, but you still betrayed a bitterness, the exact same bitterness neil young is discussing in this song! Your intolerance is shown when you cannot accept Neil Young living in your country because he's Canadian. You make fun of Canada, but I didn't see them joining you and my country in our little adventure into Iraq. They, at least, don't have blood on their hands.
Whether you like this song or not, I personally think its an amazing song, its certainly gets people talking, at least neil young is prepared to tackle issues others are too scared to tackle, and I agree with the sentiments of this song, that racism is utterly abhorrent and I can't understand how we can't all agree with that
I like your comment it agreed exactly with what I think. I am also British and a huge fan of Neil Young and think he is under-rated. I find it quite ironic that the people who are trying to sound as if nothing happened worthy of writing a song about are the people who prove themselves to be prejudiced. I actually laughed out loud when I read about him saying nothing good came out of Canada.
I like your comment it agreed exactly with what I think. I am also British and a huge fan of Neil Young and think he is under-rated. I find it quite ironic that the people who are trying to sound as if nothing happened worthy of writing a song about are the people who prove themselves to be prejudiced. I actually laughed out loud when I read about him saying nothing good came out of Canada.
I was reading your old comment about this song and just wanted to say I agree with you. Especially about the Iraq comment! My family is from Quebec. Wish I still lived there.
I was reading your old comment about this song and just wanted to say I agree with you. Especially about the Iraq comment! My family is from Quebec. Wish I still lived there.
dude you are from britian. you truly wouldn't know the first thing about what this song is about. it would be like me, a southern american, saying i understand you and your kind for tying those indians up to cannons and firing off. you catch my grove?
dude you are from britian. you truly wouldn't know the first thing about what this song is about. it would be like me, a southern american, saying i understand you and your kind for tying those indians up to cannons and firing off. you catch my grove?
first of all musicfan17, neil young is bloody amazing. im from britain, and i can tell you, he is very underated here, it amazes me how many people here have never even heard of him, never mind heard his music. There is no doubt that neil young is one of the most talented musicians ever produced. His ability to produce music of all styles with deeply personal, skilful lyrics is nothing short of genius. He is up there with Bob Dylan and The Beatles in my opinion. I'm not from the south and I'm not an expert on history. But what I do know is that the way blacks were treated in America, particularly in the south, was appalling. I understand your point about whites having black friends, I'm sure Martin Luther King had white friends but it was still the case that they had to go to separate schools, they still had to use separate bars, they still had to give up seats on buses for whites. There is no excuse for that behaviour. One of the reasons people fled to America when it was first founded was that they were being persecuted in their own lands, mainly Europe. America was supposed to be the land of the free, a haven for people of all colours. Yet, the very same country was (some may argue still is) guilty of persecuting blacks. musicfan - a poor choice of name since you cannot be a true music fan if your so bitterly opposed to the beauty of neil young's music - your statement was quite ironic. You tried to make a reasoned argument, but you still betrayed a bitterness, the exact same bitterness neil young is discussing in this song! Your intolerance is shown when you cannot accept Neil Young living in your country because he's Canadian. You make fun of Canada, but I didn't see them joining you and my country in our little adventure into Iraq. They, at least, don't have blood on their hands. Whether you like this song or not, I personally think its an amazing song, its certainly gets people talking, at least neil young is prepared to tackle issues others are too scared to tackle, and I agree with the sentiments of this song, that racism is utterly abhorrent and I can't understand how we can't all agree with that
I like your comment it agreed exactly with what I think. I am also British and a huge fan of Neil Young and think he is under-rated. I find it quite ironic that the people who are trying to sound as if nothing happened worthy of writing a song about are the people who prove themselves to be prejudiced. I actually laughed out loud when I read about him saying nothing good came out of Canada.
I like your comment it agreed exactly with what I think. I am also British and a huge fan of Neil Young and think he is under-rated. I find it quite ironic that the people who are trying to sound as if nothing happened worthy of writing a song about are the people who prove themselves to be prejudiced. I actually laughed out loud when I read about him saying nothing good came out of Canada.
I was reading your old comment about this song and just wanted to say I agree with you. Especially about the Iraq comment! My family is from Quebec. Wish I still lived there.
I was reading your old comment about this song and just wanted to say I agree with you. Especially about the Iraq comment! My family is from Quebec. Wish I still lived there.
@Mr_Soul
@Mr_Soul
dude you are from britian. you truly wouldn't know the first thing about what this song is about. it would be like me, a southern american, saying i understand you and your kind for tying those indians up to cannons and firing off. you catch my grove?
dude you are from britian. you truly wouldn't know the first thing about what this song is about. it would be like me, a southern american, saying i understand you and your kind for tying those indians up to cannons and firing off. you catch my grove?